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At least 20 people were killed in fierce fighting between Al-Shabaab fighters and loyalists of the former group's leader Mukhtar Robow in Somalia's southwestern region of Bakool Wednesday, authorities have said.

Source : Goobjoog News - 124 Words Traders at the Bakaro market in Mogadishu today woke up to losses after a fire razed down property worth millions. The fire is said to have started at 5.00 am . Residential houses that border the said market were also affected by the dawn inferno. According to the…

Source : Radio Mustaqbal - 240 Words The Federal Government of Somalia has wholeheartedly thanked the government and the citizens of the United Arab Emirates, which has announced today, Friday that there will be live TV campaign in the UAE in which the citizens in the UAE will fundraise for the drought…

Source: Jowhar.com- 100 Words The government of Turkey has donated eight million dollars which is meant to support the Somali government's budget. In an online post, the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu has said it has given the government the money which is set to help the government resources its…

Source: Hiiraan Online - 90 Words Six planes carrying Khat have yesterday landed in Jowhar which are some of the planes diverted from the Aden Adde International Airport. The decision for the planes to land in Jowhar was taken after traders opposed heavy tax imposed on the importation of the drug in…

Source : Radio Ergo - 449 Words Families in Lasa-Adale village, 20 km east of Galkayo town in northern Somalia's drought-hit Mudug region, say they do not have enough water for the next few days because they have run out of cash. Awil Ahmed Khayr's family of eight ran out of water two days ago…

OPINION, ANALYSIS AND CULTURE "The rains, even if they come, will not bring back their livestock, nor solve the longer-term question hanging over the sustainability of the pastoral life in this rapidly withering corner of Africa. Life in these remote, arid lands was never easy, aid officials acknowledge,…

Source : SONNA - 87 Words Gunmen who are believed to be Al-Shabaab militants killed community leader and wounded others in Beledweyne town in Hiiraan region overnight, SONNA reported.Deputy Police Commissioner for Beledweyne town, Nur Hassan said that the assassinated elder was among delegates who chose…

Source: Hiiraan Online- 112 Words The governor of the Hiiraan, Ali Jeyte Osman has criticised the National Drought Committee for failing to deliver aid allocated to the drought victims who are suffering in the region."We don't see this committee is working for the people of Somalia, we only…

(SHMN) In light of the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, drought and the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the Security Council Committee on sanctions in Eritrea and Somalia announced a possible future visit to the Horn of Africa today, as members expressed diverging views on arms embargoes imposed on those countries.

By ABDI GULED
Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Foreign naval forces in international waters off Somalia's coast shot dead two pirates and wounded another when the bandits attempted to hijack a ship, a Somali official said Sunday.

From Metropolitan Police : If anyone stops you and ask if you're interested in some perfume and gives you a paper to smell in the streets or local shops, please don't! unless its the big stores, It's a new scam, the paper is laced with drugs. You'll pass out so they can kidnap, rob or…

Dozens of American soldiers have deployed to Mogadishu to train and equip Somali and AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) forces fighting extremism in Somalia, U.S. military officials told VOA. The troops' arrival marks the first presence of American military forces in Somalia, other than a…